Dota Allstars 6.63b guide to Balanar, The Night Stalker

Balanar - The Night Stalker

Range: 100 Move Speed: 295 Primary: STR

Str: 23 + 2.8 Agi: 18 + 2.25 Int: 16 + 1.25

Damage: 47 - 51 HP: 587 Mana: 208

HP Regen: 0.94 Mana Regen: 0.65

Attack Speed: 1.39 (+ 18% IAS) Armor: 5.5

Void (V) - Creates a damaging void. Slows target for 2 seconds in the day and 4 seconds at night.

Level 1 - Deals 90 damage.

Level 2 - Deals 160 damage.

Level 3 - Deals 255 damage.

Level 4 - Deals 335 damage.

Mana Cost: 90/ 112/ 130/ 145

Cooldown: 7

Crippling Fear(F)-In the night, the Night Stalker can cause intense fear in enemy units, causing them to miss attacks and be unable to cast spells.

Level 1 - Miss on 10% of attacks, slow by 4%. Lasts 5 seconds.

Level 2 - Miss on 20% of attacks, slow by 8%. Lasts 6 seconds.

Level 3 - Miss on 30% of attacks, slow by 12%. Lasts 7 seconds.

Level 4 - Miss on 40% of attacks, slow by 16%. Lasts 8 seconds.

Mana Cost: 125

Cooldown: 11

Hunter in the night(Passive)-The Night Stalker is at home at night. He attacks and moves more swiftly.

Level 1 - 15% movement speed, 20% attack speed.

Level 2 - 20% movement speed, 35% attack speed.

Level 3 - 30% movement speed, 55% attack speed.

Level 4 - 35% movement speed, 75% attack speed.

Mana Cost: N/A

Cooldown: N/A

Darkness(R)-Freezes the time and create a period of Darkness for the Night Stalker to thrive in.

Level 1 - Create darkness for 25 second night.

Level 2 - Create darkness for 50 seconds.

Level 3 - Create darkness for 80 seconds.

Mana Cost: N/A

Cooldown: 240/ 210/ 150

Skill Build

1.Void

2.Hunter in the night

3.Void

4.Hunter in the night

5.Hunter in the night

6.Darkness

7.Void

8.Void

9.Hunter in the night

10.Crippling Fear

11.Darkness

12.Crippling Fear

13.Crippling Fear

14.Stats

15.Darkness

16.Crippling Fear

17-25.Stats

Explanation

Obviously, anyone who plays balanar would pick void first.It is your most important skill.Besides, void slows the opponent which is super good and deals damage too.Void is a good ksing skill xD.

Hunter in the night is the second skill you need when it turns night.But don't pick it over void.Bcoz in this new map, it even slows in the day.....so players would be like OMG!!!Obviously they are both better then crippling fear, but crippling fear is better then attribute bonus because its still very good (the silence effect especially)

Darkness is a skill i think you should take bcoz if its day u can easily kill the opponent using darkness.As such, max darkness as soon as possible.

Items

Starting item:Ring of Regeneration.
First items after that:Boots of speed

1/2/3 Bracers/clarity potions/tangos
Items after or during first nightly ownage:Phase Boots,Sange,Vladmirs
The rest:Finnish S&Y,Buriza/Battle Fury,Vanguard/Heart

Explanations

Why no boots first?Bcoz you cant afford it next to RoR

Why Phase Boots instead of treads?Bcoz you need attack speed not MOVEMENT SPEED.

What to do with the rest of cash? Start on bracer’s and maybe a clarity potion or trees!Why? well you need the bracers for hp/dmg/mp.. cheap items to give that extra bit you need for total ownage not just 1/2 kills in the night.. and those potions/trees for regaining some mp/hp while running of for more killings!!

and then… finishing s&y more speed you might need when ppl get BoT and its extra attack speed, dmg and HP.
Buriza /Battle Fury for the crit/dmg

Heart / Vanguard for the HP.

Strategy

Beginning of game

You bought your RoR and now you are going to level, try getting a lane alone but thats normally not possible so just level up dont do anything stupid, because you are going to hunt at night! NOT daylight….

Try getting some last creep hits so you can afford as many items at night as possible, if you are lucky you might even get a kill but in pro games.. dont expect so!

You can pick a solo lane, to get $$ and lvl faster.

Dont try to kill an opponent with full HP, until night time.

The First Night

You can see this night coming, so just before it happens go back and buy the stuff (boots,bracer,ring)or if you allready bought it due early death or early healing.. then just wait till night occurs.
So ok the night begins.. not look at the map for targets!!! what are we looking for? there are two categories:
1. Their current HP

2. Their position towards their own Tower

Once you see an enemy with low HP, immediately strive for the kill!!

Avoid picking stunners or invi skill heroes to kill.

So… what about full HP heroes? if they are no stunners/invis they are kills most of the times unless you are weak and they are hiding at their tower.
So now you are running like hell finding targets if they are not there go heal or creep.. and keep buying items (threads, sange, bracer)
You continue this whole night! and its so imba that most heroes cant counter this >=]

The second night

Time to finish this game
By this time you got your crippling fear skilled that means you can own every hero who is alone.. By crippling them you can silence them and own them all!
If they are supported by other heroes just kill the stunner first and continue with the other if you have enough HP left.. or ask for help from your allied heroes! to kill them both
easy enough? yea! kill kill kiLLLLL … .
Obstacles and downsides
What are the problems in this strategy? disablers!
They can ruin your hunts, a net from siren or a sleep from atropos are a kill for your huntings!so always think of disablers when you hunt!

Tips

Balanar is feared during the night, so most times they wont fight back.. make use of that! dont be scared of them when they are with two of them..you can kill faster and run faster so no problem!

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